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Sustainable lifestyle factors influencing industries' electric consumption patterns usingFuzzy logic and DEMATEL: The Nigerian perspective

Glory George-Ufot, Ying Qu, Ifeyinwa Juliet Orji

PII: S0959-6526(17)31141-1

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.05.188

Reference: JCLP 9728

To appear in: Journal of Cleaner Production

Received Date: 29 July 2016

Revised Date: 3 April 2017

Accepted Date: 28 May 2017

Please cite this article as: George-Ufot G, Qu Y, Orji IJ, Sustainable lifestyle factors influencingindustries' electric consumption patterns using Fuzzy logic and DEMATEL: The Nigerian perspective,Journal of Cleaner Production (2017), doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.05.188.

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Sustainable Lifestyle Factors influencing Industries’ Electric

Consumption Patterns using Fuzzy Logic and DEMATEL: The

Nigerian Perspective

Glory George-Ufot1, Ying Qu1& Ifeyinwa Juliet Orji 2

1 Faculty of Management and Economics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.

2 MIT Global SCALE Network-Ningbo Supply Chain Innovation Institute, China.

ABSTRACT

The methods applied in the attempt to minimize electricity consumption waste as result of consumer’s

consumption patterns is of crucial concern for government, investors and even consumers. There is a need

to identify the potential factors influencing electricity consumption pattern in order to encourage

sustainable practices. To examine the electricity consumption pattern and their influencing factors, this

study applied Fuzzy-DEMATEL model to examine the sustainable lifestyle factors of electricity

consumption pattern in Nigeria. The originality of this paper lies in the proposed approach that integrates

fuzzy logic and DEMATEL to evaluate sustainable lifestyles factors that influence industries electric

consumption patterns for the first time in Nigeria. Firstly, 24 sustainable lifestyle factors were sourced

from literature sources and grouped into 4 clusters of economic, political, environmental and socio-

cultural criteria. Two sets of questionnaires were distributed to 30 experts who comprise of managers and

senior technicians in Nigerian Power Industry. The results show that the critical factors which influence

industries electric consumption patterns are corruption, inadequate planning and design, electricity theft,

literacy level, population demography and lifestyle attitude. The implication for decision makers is that in

improving power consumption pattern in the Nigerian industries; emphasis should be placed on the

critical sustainable lifestyle factors. Thus, corruption should be minimized, planning and design

adequately implemented, theft of electricity curbed while improving literacy level and lifestyles of the

masses to improve electric consumption patterns.

Keywords: Sustainable lifestyle, Electric consumption, Nigerian industries, Fuzzy logic and

DEMATEL

Highlights

• Applied 24 sustainable lifestyle factors into 4 clusters of economic, political, environmental and socio-

cultural criteria based on the Nigerian context.• Fuzzy logic and DEMATEL assessed these criteria that

influence industries electric consumption patterns • Found

CO>RUM>LA>IPD>OE>PDPP>IR>PD>DEM>PL>TE>LL as the critical factors affecting industries

electric consumption patterns.

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